Writing

A description of a house 4 Put th e w o rd s in o rd e r to m ake sentences.

1 old / There's / tall / wardrobe / a / white
1 Read C orrine's em a il a b o u t an u nusual house.
There’s a ta ll, old, white wardrobe.__________
W h y is she the re ?
2 has got / living room / lamp / small / a / The /
yellow / modern
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3 has got / a / bed / My / old / bedroom / large

Hi Emma,
How are you? We're staying in a really unusual 4 red and blue / The / got / four / big / pillows /
holiday home for two weeks. It's a tall, old, bed's / new
white lighthouse in Somerset. It's 33 metres
high with 120 stairs! There are eight floors with
three bedrooms, a living room, a big, modern 5 on his desk / a / photo / tiny / black and white /
kitchen and a bathroom. The bedrooms all have old / There's
small, new showers and the views of the sea are
amazing. All the walls are
round of course, but the
rooms are bigger than you ............................................................
think. The top floor has the Make it b ette r! / / /
bia. о d haht. but it doesn t Use comparatives and superlatives to describe
work now. The lighthouse is
the things in your house.
l 80 years old but
M y s is te r’s bedroom is bigger than mine.
everything is modern inside
and there's even Wi-Fi.
W hat do you think? Isn't it
amazing?! 5 C o m plete th e sentences w ith th e co m p a ra tiv e
Love, ^ o rn n e
o r su p e rla tiv e fo rm o f th e a djectives in
brackets.
1 The bathrooms are sm aller than the bedrooms.
(small)
2 My parents have got bedroom in
the house, (large)
3 The wardrobe is mv bathroom! (bia)
V/ 4 The furniture in her house is the
V/ furniture in my house, (modern)
'/ / / // / /
5 The apartment has got views of the
city, (beautiful)
2 Read th e em ail again. W h a t d o these
num bers mean? 6 C o m plete th e sentences w ith tw o o r th re e
1 120= s ta irs in the lighthouse adjective s to describe th e room s in y o u r
2 8= _______________________ house.
3 2= _______________________ 1 We've got a small, new kitchen.
4 180= _______________________ 2 There's a ____________bedroom.
5 33 =____ _________________________ 3 - There's a ____________living room.
4 I've got a ___________ bathroom.
Useful language O rd e r o f a d je ctive s —

3 Read th e em ail again. W rite th e adjectives.

1 a ta ll
lighthouse
2 a ________ _ kitchen
3 _________ showers
4 th e ______ light

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